Every generation and every culture has their own gender and social norms, and in them, are women who are willing to challenge and break them. In this class we will take a look a the lives and impact of different women, both from history and modern day. We will discuss the time period that they lived, what were their lives like and their accomplishments, how were the received and remembered in their cultures and history, and what role they have in the scope of studying women in history. 


This is a weekly recurring class, which means:
            - Each week is an independent class. You pay for each week that you would like to join. You can pay for each week that you choose to attend class. There is no start or end date, so feel free to come and go as your schedule dictates.
             - As this is a weekly subscription class, there is no homework. (I will provide homework for those parents or students that request it.) Each class will consist of a powerpoint lecture, some videos, and a brief history about the field or time period that each woman lived in. The last 15-20 minutes of class will be a guided discussion about the journey each of these women took in their lives. Each student is encouraged to examine the topics discussed, look at how society helped or discriminated against each of these women, and explore how society has changed. 

**************************This class will cover some topics such as violence against women (and rape), which is why the age range is 14-18. 

2024



Week of…

June 17  Queen Isabella of France, called the "She-wolf" of France.
June 24  NO CLASS 
July 1 - NO CLASS
July 8 Olga of Kiev - Ruler of the Kievan Rus', became Catholic Saint
July 15 Boudicca - Queen of the British Celtic Iceni tribe who led an uprising against the occupying forces of the Roman Empire in AD 60-61
July 22 Mavia - Arab Warrior Queen who fought against the Romans
July 29 The Trung Sisters - Vietnamese Military leaders who fought against the Chinese
August 5 Grace O'Malley - Irish Pirate Queen - fought against English control
August 12 - La Malinche - Nahua woman who was an interpreter and advisor to Hernan Cortes
August 19 Nzinga - Queen of Ndongo and Matamba Kingdoms in Angola, fought against the Portuguese
August 26 Amanitore - Nubian Queen who fought against the Romans
September 2 Zenobia - Queen of the Palmyrene Empire who fought against the Romans
September 9 Sayyida al Hurra - Queen of Tetouan and pirate queen in the 16th century
September 16 Velu Nachiyar - Queen of Sivanganga late 1700's, led fight against the British colonial power
September 23 NO CLASS
September 30 Phoolan Devi - Indian bandit
October 7 Wu Zetian - China's only female empress
October 14 Mai Bhago - Sikh warrior
October 21 NO CLASS 
October 28Empress Myeongseong - Empress of Korea 
November 4 Yoshiko Kawashima - Princess Spy
November 11 Tomyris - Massagetean ruler
November 18 Ching Shih - Chinese pirate
November 25 - NO CLASS 
December 2 Kwalah bing al-Azwar - Muslim warrior
December 9 Qiu Jin - Woman Warrior
December 16 Petra Herrera - Mexican Revolutionary
December 23-January 5 NO CLASS 

Class continues in 2025
Catherine the Great - Empress of Russia
Typhoid Mary - 
Anne Boelyn - English Queen 
The Mirabal Sisters - Writers for the Dominican Republic Revolution
Lyudmila Pavlichenko - Russian Sharpshooter
Mileva Maric - German/Serbian Scientist and Physicist
Queen Himiko - Japanese Queen and warrior
Edith Cavell - British nurse during WWII
Noor Inayat Khan - British spy during WWII
Junko Tabei - First woman to climb Mt. Everest
Queen Lili-uokalani - Last Queen of the Kingdom of Hawaii
Carmelita Torres

Rani Lakshmibai - Queen of Jhansi in North India, one of the leaders of the Indian Rebellion of 1857